I'm sitting here shaking after i woke up choking on vomit and stomach acid. Has anyone has this happen? I'm about 7 weeks out from surgery. I'm feeling pretty freaked right now.

Contact your team or PCP and ask advice or get yourself to the Doctors!

Are you taking an acid blocker? Prilosec, Prevacid, Nexium? If, not call your surgeon for a prescription or get some OTC at Wal-Mart or your local pharmacy.

If you are already taking something you may have increase your dose or change to something different.

This happens to me if I eat or drink too close to bed time. I can not eat two hours before I lay down or I wake up choking on acid too. I take a Prilosec daily and a Zantac.

What she said ???????? If I eat within 2 hours of bedtime this happens. Also, I always try to end my day with a 20 oz cup of hot tea (obviously wait an hour after eating). This seems to flush all food out of my sleeve and I sleep with no incident.

I was prescribed Omeprazole twice daily for the first 3 months. I still take one daily. I agree with everyone above, a good practice is to not eat anything within an hour or two before bed, and I always drink a glass of Water between my last meal and bedtime.

I had several episodes of reflux about 2 months out when I skipped the Omeprazole. You are right, it is scary and disgusting. Since about month 4-5 I only take one a day and if I skip it I don't have any night-time reflux... so the body seems to be adjusting. I still take ONE daily because when I don't my stomach gets burpy, rumbly, and I feel like I am starving with hunger all day.

I am also on two pills a day to combat reflux and counter gastric bleeds. Sending you prayers. Are you better now?

Yes this happened to me every night for 5-6 nights in a row back in the fall. Called the surgeons office and they said that the band will tighten up if there is any inflammation. Mine happened to be post nasal drip from allergies. Took some Benadryl and Prevacid all was fine again.

This has happened to me several times, due to eating to close to bedtime as others have said, but, I also noticed that if I snack on anything heavy like cheese or Peanut Butter after 6, I will have an episode. jake

It's severe gastric reflux and as everyone said try not to eat late. Also texture seems to contribute so you may have to thin your foods

Call the doctor, get a script for a PPI. Don't eat too late and watch highly acidic foods like lemons, coffee, and tomato based products. A PPI takes 5 -7 days to really kick in and work well, so you may want to sleep slightly elevated until then.

The same thing happened to me! When I was laying down and I would fall asleep I would wake up throwing up. I talked to my surgeon and she said I'm drinking water too fast and to take smaller sips. But ever since I've been home I've slept in a recliner cause it hurts me to lay down but most importantly cause I'm not throwing up water while I'm trying to sleep. Best of luck ????

I'm sitting here shaking after i woke up choking on vomit and stomach acid. Has anyone has this happen? I'm about 7 weeks out from surgery. I'm feeling pretty freaked right now.

I used to suffer from horrible reflux as well. I never ate before bed. I tried acid reducers, slept in a recliner, and nothing helped except having all of the removed from my band. I had all the usual test to make sure I didn't have slippage and I didnt. Turns out I had heard pylori though. After being treated for that I have never had a problem with reflux no matter how tight my band or when I eat in relation to when I go to bed. Hope this helps

H. Pylori. Not heard pylori.????

Get to the doc or get yourself on an acid blocker! Watch the acidic food after about 6pm and raise the head of your bed. I used the bed lifts sold at Bed Bath and Beyond and just put a pair under the top feet. Made a huge difference. Once the swelling went down and I lost a bit more weight things got much better. I still take 40 mg of Omeprazole 2x per day and probably always will. The sleeve is a reflux inducing surgery. Some folks feel it more than others. I was told by my surgeon up front (I went in with some reflux) that the "fix" if it can't be controlled through meds etc, is a revision to bypass. Good luck!